ʼâshar — H833

Definition

verb

to be straight (used in the widest sense, especially to be level, right, happy); figuratively, to go forward, be honest, proper

1. to go straight, walk, go on, advance, make progress
1. (Qal) to go straight on, make progress
2. (Piel)
1. to go straight on, advance
2. to lead on (causative)
3. to set right, righten
4. to pronounce happy, call blessed
3. (Pual)
1. to be advanced, be led on
2. to be made happy, be blessed

Usually translated as

blessed, go, guide, lead, relieve, bless

Origin

or ʼâshêr; a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• asphalḗs (G804)
• zēlóō (G2206)
• kateuthýnō (G2720)
• makarízō (G3106)
• planáō (G4105)

Occurrences

ʼâshar occurs 16 times in 15 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Job (1), Psalms (2), Proverbs (5), Song of Songs (1), Isaiah (3), Malachi (2)

• Genesis 30:13 — And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed (אִשְּׁר֖וּנִי): and she called his name Asher.
• Job 29:11 — When the ear heard me, then it blessed (וַֽתְּאַשְּׁרֵ֑נִי) me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:
• Psalms 41:2 — The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed (וְאֻשַּׁ֣ר) upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.
• Psalms 72:17 — His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed (יְאַשְּׁרֽוּהוּ).
• Proverbs 3:18 — She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy (מְאֻשָּֽׁר) is every one that retaineth her.
• Proverbs 4:14 — Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go (תְּ֝אַשֵּׁ֗ר) not in the way of evil men.
• Proverbs 9:6 — Forsake the foolish, and live; and go (וְ֝אִשְׁר֗וּ) in the way of understanding.
• Proverbs 23:19 — Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide (וְאַשֵּׁ֖ר) thine heart in the way.
• Proverbs 31:28 — Her children arise up, and call her blessed (וַֽיְאַשְּׁר֑וּהָ); her husband also, and he praiseth her.
• Song of Songs 6:9 — My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed (וַֽיְאַשְּׁר֔וּהָ) her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.
• Isaiah 1:17 — Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve (אַשְּׁר֣וּ) the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
• Isaiah 3:12 — As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead (מְאַשְּׁרֶ֣יךָ) thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.
• Isaiah 9:16 — For the leaders (מְאַשְּׁרֵ֥י) of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.
• Isaiah 9:16 — For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led (וּמְאֻשָּׁרָ֖יו) of them are destroyed.
• Malachi 3:12 — And all nations shall call you blessed (וְאִשְּׁר֥וּ): for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts.
• Malachi 3:15 — And now we call the proud happy (מְאַשְּׁרִ֣ים); yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.